The key link of security left shift in the DevOps process is integrating security practices and checks early in the software development lifecycle, rather than treating security as a separate phase at the end. This approach ensures that security is considered from the initial design and coding stages, reducing vulnerabilities and improving overall application security.
For example, instead of performing security testing only after the development is complete, security scans and code reviews can be automated and embedded into the CI/CD pipeline. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools can be used during the coding phase to detect vulnerabilities in the source code and third-party dependencies.
In the context of cloud-based DevOps, Tencent Cloud provides services like Tencent Cloud Code Analysis (for SAST) and Tencent Cloud Container Security (for scanning container images). These tools can be integrated into the development workflow to enable continuous security monitoring and compliance checks, ensuring that security is "shifted left" effectively.